VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY'S LITERARY JOURNAL

GrOWN

by Davayonn Tyler

You know what they say “the good die young “…
Didn’t want to live long anyway
Seem like first kisses next to school houses
Turned to marriage, spouses, sex and dinner dates

Call of dutyWe used play gamesAnd roleplay
Now we play roles
And hope for payroll
We burn bridges just
Pay dues and
…To pay tollWhen duty calls (1-800)
It takes tolls
On us and when times hard
We break rolls